MCDANIEL COLLEGE

'McDaniel College' is liberal arts college in Westminster, Maryland, located 30 miles northwest of Baltimore, with a branch college in Budapest, Hungary.
McDaniel College is one of 40 colleges profiled in the book ''Colleges That Change Lives'' by Loren Pope.

Contents

Number of students

History

Presidents

Notable Alumni

See also

External links

Number of students

As of 2004 there were 1,658 students from 23 states and 19 countries; 45 percent are men, 55 percent are women. The average class size is fewer than 20 students.

History

The college was founded in 1867 as 'Western Maryland College', and was named for the Western Maryland Railroad because the college's first Board chairman, John Smith of Wakefield, was also the president of the railroad. (Neither the railroad nor the Methodist Protestant Church contributed funds to facilitate the establishment of the college. Some contributions, however, were received from Methodist Protestant laymen, including John Smith.) It had a voluntary fraternal affiliation with the United Methodist Church from 1868 until 1974. The ties with the United Methodist Church were cut over a court case in which Western Maryland and other religiously affiliated schools in Maryland were being challenged over state funding received by the colleges because of their religious ties. The other schools retained their affiliations and won the case.
The college's first building went up in 1867, with an inaugural class of 37 men and women. Western Maryland was the first coeducational institution south of the Mason-Dixon Line and was among the first in the nation. The school's original charter read that the school would exist: "For the benefit of students without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national or ethnic origin ... without requiring or enforcing any sectarian, racial or civil test, and without discrimination on the basis of sex, national or ethnic origin, nor shall any prejudice be made in the choice of any officer, teacher, or other employee in the said college on account of these factors." However, Western Maryland College was primarily a school without minority representation until the 1960's.
McDaniel College Budapest (formerly known as Western Maryland College Budapest) was established in collaboration with College International Budapest in 1994. McDaniel College is also home to the summer training camp of the Baltimore Ravens NFL team. The Ravens live in the Best Western near the College Square Shopping Center during training.
On January 11, 2002, the trustees announced their unanimous decision to change the name of the college. On July 1, 2002, WMC officially became McDaniel College, honoring alumnus William Roberts McDaniel and his 65-year association with the school. The naming process during the spring of 2002 included input from students, faculty and alumni about possible names.
On January 12, 2007 the college suffered a tragic loss when its second-year men's basketball coach, Bob Flynn, died of a massive heart attack at his home in Catonsville, Md. Flynn was 49. Flynn had guided McDaniel to a 7-6 record through the first two months of the 2006-07 season, its best start in two decades.

Presidents

★ Reverend J. T. Ward (1867-1886)

★ Dr. Thomas Hamilton Lewis (1886-1920)

★ Dr. Albert Norman Ward (1920-1935)

★ Bishop Fred G. Holloway (1935-1947)

★ Dr. Lowell S. Ensor (1947-1972)

★ Dr. Ralph C. John (1972-1984)

★ Dr. Robert H. Chambers (1984-2000)

★ Dr. Joan Develin Coley (2000-present)

Notable Alumni

★ Whittaker Chambers, (1961) former communist and accuser of Alger Hiss.

★ Wayne K. Curry, Maryland politician.

★ William F. Goodling, (1959), U.S Congressman from Pennsylvania.

★ Wade Kach, (1970), Maryland politician.

★ Thomas Roberts, CNN news anchor.

★ Ellen Sauerbrey, (1959) former Maryland gubernatorial candidate.

★ Nancy R. Stocksdale, Maryland politician.

★ Ronald N.Young, former Mayor of Frederick, MD.

See also

★ Common Ground on the Hill

External links

★ Official homepage of the college

★ Official homepage of the Budapest branch

★ School profile by the Baltimore Sun